Re: [ALSC-Forum] Re: Another model to consider

[Karl Auerbach]

On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Joanna Lane wrote:

> As you may know, I am a strong advocate of privacy, and in particular with
> respect to the Whois databases, which I maintain breaks the laws of the 15
> Nations of the European Union, as well as Israel, Argentina and possibly
> other nations to follow suit.

By-the-way, you might like my Cavebear privacy policy --
http://www.cavebear.com/privacypolicy.htm

You may want to take a look at a few other things that I've also written
about whois privacy:

http://www.cavebear.com/nsf-dns/ntia-comments.html#privacy_concerns

http://www.cavebear.com/nsf-dns/

We have to recognize that most things in life are a blance between
competing equities.  The balance between an informed, inter-communicating
electorate and the privacy of the electors is something that is delicate.

My own belief, and one that isn't all that uncommon here in the US, is the
notion that voting implies various responsibilities - these range from
being available for jury duty to allowing one's name (and address) to
appear on the rolls of registered voters.

With regard to your concern that Board members should refrain from
speaking on whois privacy:  I don't agree.  We have a situation right now
in which whois data is being mined at a prodigious rate to violate our
privacy.  And ICANN's policies encourage that mining and give the miners
far more power over that data than it gives to the data subjects.
Virtually none of the widely accepted privacy principles has been applied
to whois data.  I don't believe silence is an appropriate response to this
egregious situation.

		--karl--